America,
as strong as it can be, has long been the dream land for the people who carries
a great quantity of enthusiasm in his heart to realize their fantasies. The
spirit of freedom not only built up the country of national integration, but
also generations of successful man as a paradigm of the American dream.
However, across the ocean in the land of ancient Orient also stands the dream
of China, where everyone dedicate themselves to build up the prosperity of a
harmonious utopia. Considering the cultural clashes involved in the difference
between the pursuits of people, I may say that Americans search for the
self-realization to fulfill the society, while the people in China seek for
their own individuality within the progress of the dedication for the society.

To
illustrate that I may manifest my point from the perspectives of the history
reasons and cultural differences. Firstly, from the aspect of history reasons.
Compared with ancient countries like China, America is more like a country at
its youth which consisted of immigrants from all over the old world. People who
formed up the country were all among the kind of creative and anti-authority.
They despised traditional regulations and conventions and hanker to build their
country with all the features that they considered as ventures. They have their
codes. And as they came from different places, they hold different precepts and
different dreams. It decided their options that distinguished a lot. In this
way they pursue individuality, they do not want to be the same. But the
situation in China is quite different. China was developed from the very
primitive structure of the patriarchal clan system, in which people work in the
fields in the union of family. They worked together and harvest as a group, it
is the only way they would survive. What's more, China has being really sealed
in a certain period of time, which kept the simplicity of the human kind.
People lived together tended to be more similar in many aspects. People who did
not work like others could hardly survive as it might be the only way to live.
So that people treat difference as a sign of danger. This is comprehensive for
people who struggled to live. So that Chinese are likely to live in
integration. Secondly, the Chinese culture calls for harmony between people in
the way of assimilation while American call for complement between
characteristics. Harmony might be the most important thing in Chinese culture,
which is very peaceful in the modern mind. The Chinese uses a soft and tender
way to convey the concept as assimilation is the most effective way. American
calls for efficiency, when two people with different talents meet, they can do
better than any other patch. From my personal experience, I can also see the
difference from the progress of teamwork. While I was trying to regulate all
the details in our work, my American classmates always reveal their individual
creativity and renovation. This is definitely an exciting experience as I can
learn the new ideas and the way they think in teamwork. Though I hoped that
they should not add too much shining points in their own parts as we are
working in a team, but the second I realized how special and different our work
can be with their individual efforts, I changed my minds. I was seeking to be
the same in order to be safe, but my American friends are trying to be active
and different in the way they score.

As
a conclusion, Americans search for the self-realization to fulfill the society,
while the people in China seek for their own individuality within the progress
of the dedication for the society. it doesn't really matter as the old Chinese
saying goes, we should accommodate divergent views. I will play the part to
convey harmony, and American friends will allow me to the access to the divergence.